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..stni that its other provisions were only repetitions of the old IAWS. Sir F. BLAKE thought it was theiluty of Ministers to come to some decision as to the period at which slavery should cease. Mr. P. WILSON said it appeared to him that the advocates of emancipation proposed to deal with a large and' recognized pioperty . in a manner which he could not approve. lie saw nothing in the case of West India property which rendered it peculiar, or destroyed its claim for remuneration if infringed upon by any public act. He had no objection to see the slaves free, if they could be set free without injury to their masters, and wilt advantage to themselves. It was said that no injury could arise - to our Colonies from emancipation, because there would be the same quantity of free labour es there now 'was air slavelabour. But what had been the result in the case of St. D.oningd. All that was produced there now was an article little better than molasses, and just enough for the consumption of the island ; whereas formerly the exports of' sugar from St. Domingo formed an object tf great trade and importance.— The petition from the City of London, offered to take a share , of expence of indemnity to persons who should experience loss by the abolition of- sla ver y. These were the only terms eaport which such ti measure could be fairly adopted: The ' .manner in which it was now proposed to be carried into effect, 'Would lead to a tined violation of property which had grown up in the sight, and under the, protection of the tiovernment and the country. A MEMBER. whore name we could not learn, called the at tention of the Howie to the situation of slaves in the East Ireties,sind sail that their CM' demanded equal attention. llr, HUME contended that there was no analogy between th.? state of slaves in the East and West Indies. In all the pines where he was, in, India, the slaves were at liberty to leave one master for another, and there was no law which compelled them . to return. lie appealed to the Chief Justice 'of India whether .this was not the case. Ile regretted the view which the lion. Illeather forhuh (Mr. tykes) had taken of the question belbre .the //ease. No man was more anxious than he was to see slavery abolished : but he would not wish to see it done in a - .precipitate and 'WA MalltlLT St) as to endanger the peace and property of dam who were connected with it. Hellion& the Honourable Colonial Secretary was right in considering that , 1 they - ought to carry the masters with them in effecting their .object ; and he protested against any definite time being pointed nut by the Government at which Slavery was to cease, An lion. Member had not hesitated to assert that free Black labour would be equally advantageous to tile master. But he called upon Government to ley before the House the result of the experiments which had been made upon that point in Trinidad and Sierra Leone, and lie thought the reverse of that fact would be proved. 'The lion. Alember then deprecated the prec tice of distributing prints with shocking representations of the suffet Inge of slaves. He had one In his pocket which had been sent to flint, representin' the case of a woman who was flogged as far back as the year, 1782. He thought such a method of proceeding was only calculated to inflame the passions, and that the humane feelings of the people of England did not require emit appeals. f With regard to compensation, he did not wish muse WllOlll he considered to be the unfortunate holders of this species of property to suffer by any public act. But he agreed with the Hight lion. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, that they should be improving the value of the slaves by raising thesis in the scale tit immunity, and that it would not be a cue where compensation was required. The M aimen who preceded Mr. Hume briefly explained. Sir E. Il Y B tST said, that as he had been personally appealed to, he rose to state what was in his knowledge with respect to the state ofslaves in India. We unde rs tood t h e H on . and Learned flaronet to confirm what had been said by the Hon. Alember for Aberdeen, but his observations were generally in. - audible. , With respect wale question immediately before the Bowie, he wail one of the unfortunate holders of that species of property now tinder their consideration. lie had concurred in all the measures which had been hrought forward with the view of ameliorating the condition of the slaves. When the measures were fiSst stated, he wrote to recommend that the Legislative Assemblies should adopt them. The answer he had received wits, that there existed aegrowing feeling in favour of the.propriety of those Measures, and that, although they had been rejected by a majority of the last Assembly, it was ex pected they would at l as t b e a d o p te d. li e thought the true objbet, of Parliament was to do the most possible good at the least. possible sacrifice. lie deprecated tingry discussion, and still inert) the practice which nbtained yetis after year of abus ing and vilifying those upon whom the accomplishment of their object greatly depended. It was most desiralile to avoid every thing like menace. Ile was quite sure that no measure of this kind could be.brought intoexecetion without their having, in a certain de g r ee , th e concur r ence o f the masters. While they laboured under the supposition that their property would be infringed noon by such meanie es, they were not likely to act upon them with greater readiness under the influence of a threat. . As long as sissy supposed them to precede an attack upon their property,, there was 'nothing extraordinary in their being un willing to adopt. them. • • Mr. IaItOUCHAM said that he should revert very shortly to what had fallen free' leis lion. and Learned Friend, end the Hon, Member for Aberdeen. With respect to their deprecat. ing the netking of ch arges , h e thought they ought not to bring charges ageinst the great body of the people, upon whom they threw the charge of precipitancy end inconsiderate rashness. Ile believed there was tea difference of opinion, nor even of degree in opinion, as to flie CROTITIOUN abuses of slavery. The 4 Bun. e .Mentber for Aberdeen had eomplained of the circulation of cages whminaliette ammo had been manifested, and said that they were exaggeratitins. This was not so. If he wanted to pick out the strongest eases for appealing to the feelings and passions, of the people—he shoul d not look for them in the Froeeetlings of diet great and triumphant, and he hoped still increasing party, the Abolitionists; but he should go to the speeches of the Colonial Legislature, and there he should ,find the most shocking and appalling details ofthis infernal sys tem. But they did not wish to excite any such feelings of dis gust, for they desired no sudden or precipitate emancipation.— Such were her obeervations with regard to the petition. Be had • not seen a work 'from which extrects had been made; but lie 1 could assure the House that within a quarter of a century (fur it was now a quarter of a century wee the subject had been first started), he had not changed his opinion upon it. If any change had taken place he 'would unhesitatingly avow it, and he would deem it childish conduct to persist in the expression of an opinien which was not gmended upon a conviction ofits rectitude. it wait said, that he had argued against any inter. le.rence on the part of the mother country with the internal reguletione of the colonies. lie had held, indeed, that in. Trovements could lie better effected by the local authorities, wile were invested with MI power fur the purpose., and whose circumstances rendered them the most competent judges of the mode in which a change might he best accomplished; but when he saw that so many'years had elapse/1 without their advancing a step towards a change, he thought that the time was conic fur this country to show that it would be trifled with no hinger. On a comparison of the relative powers of this country and the colonies, he Was opposed to . cocreive measures, if they could possibly be avoided ; but it was with surprise he observed, that the nets find premises of the Colonial Authorities amounted to so little. Only one colony, the Island of St. Vincent, had adopted any measure of amelioration as to the driving system ; but that island did not comutirt more than a hundred' part of the slave population. 'lire subject of compulsory manumission was altogether untonelled ; and slave evidence was inadmissible in the °lily important case—where it was directed against mister. This was not a question of yesterday. Lord Bathurst .had held ii communication upon It with the Colonies in 1823, and it was not till the following year that the Order in Council was issued. In Jamaica and flarbadoes, he would not say that. resistance had been offered to that order ; but it had certainly been met with a 'narked and peremptory refusal.— When the question of einelioration was discussed by the Mouse of Assembly, it was rejected by a majority of two to one ; and even several. Members of the minority had actually given notice of an intention to oppose the measure in its subae. ' quest stages, declaring that their acquiescence In the first in. , stance was conceded front their confidence that the question op . Pearce' before the Mouse for the last time. Of the debate in the House of Assembly, he spoke with all respect, although the Members did mit appear to him to have bad a sufficient sense of their own interims, and though he and Write of his Hon. friends had come in fiar no inconsiderable share of their cen sure. Still he wooldiety, that that deltaic WAS a highly respect able exhibition ofielent, and would do credit to the most dis tinguisieed await* in this country. Indeed their censure of himself fell fat Short of the severity with which they treated the West Indian proprietors here. Under these circumstances he could not•but auger ill as to their name measures t that man must be sanguine, indeed, who could entertain any further hope from them. lie was less indined than others to blame the Members of the Ifoust. of Asee,nibly, when he looked to the • circumstance in ivhieh they stood, surrounded by a class of ignorant persons who were indignunt at the idea of the proposed alteration, when he considered the spirit of the speeches which Inid been made on the subject' at parochial meetings, and other violent proceedings which marked the disposition of the electors, who wet nit Ciras even to burn art etligaioi some of thosemembers wile were favourable to a mitigation of the slave laws. Their very concessions were restrictive, rather than, Illettkillres of relaxa tion ; and it was even provided thut those measures were not to take effect until the slaves gave proof of their obedience, and *came repentant—repentant, he supposed, !Or the cruelties which had been inflicted upon theta by others. Let such things be-considered, and the debate which had taken place in the House of Assembly could no longer be the subject of wonder. For his part, he would not be surprised if they had now come to a resolution to reject slave evidence altogether ; but he could not expect that any improvement would be introduced where tea it It was urged by an lion. there were so many obetaelijS Member that they ought not to employ onensive litnguage in and ebove all, that they trotting with the Colonial Legislature, should abstain from any thing which amounted to a menace. But surely it was not offensive to say respectfully, that if the • . e mere Colonial Authori t ie s did not t hi n k proper to act, Par li ament, --- gese.— would exert its, undeniable right to legislate for all places (From the Etaile, dated Tuesday, Feb. 28.) within the dominion of the Crown. If. the Colonies found that ST. PETEttenUttatt, E' en. 11.— . 13aron de Die, Britain would not-interfere, not f rom . want o f r i g ht, b ut f rom it were be a rd in th e C o l on i es , t h at hi s M a j esty ' s M i n i sters ha d want of meani t , they wou ld b e sure notto comply. If, howeverd bltsch , p Chief orthe Staff, lias justpublished the • pledged themselves to bring in . a legislative measure next year, following order of the day relative to the arrest in the event offs continued disregard to the Order in Council .1 . I - - ' good resulte might po ss ibl y follow, though he confessed he die of K tic lelb kec er : not entertain any very great hopes. After the proposal which " St. Petersburgh, Feb. 7.—Tbe Cesarowitsch and Grand had been made by the Right Hon. Secretary for Foreign Af. ~ e Con s tant i ne has just s e n t to t h e cap i tal the individual fairs, he would b e ras h in press i ng his motion, particularly mit when he considered the information w hi c h m i g h t b e gained named Kuchelhecker, known for his guilty participation In th e upon the subject by postponing it. He would not, therefore, events of the 14th (26th) of December. His Imperial Ilighn es4 press his moti o n ; b ut h e truste d t h e Douse wou l d bel i eve that he took the best course in not pledging himself one way or the has thought fit at the same time,- to make the Emperor ac other. Ile felt that littl e goo d was to b e expecte d f rom d e l ay, being perfectly quainted with the laudabl e te a an d penetration of the subaltern convinced that the C o loni es wou ld no no not h ing unless Parliament int er f ere d. He trusted lie n would not be O ffi cer Origorieff, of the Regiment of Guards of Volhynia, on accused of inconsistency or - o e a b sa d op i ng hi s wo r d s , Wafter this occasion. Being sent on business relative to the service, to the recess, he brought the measure before the House. the suburb of Frage, at Warsaw, Grigorieff met a stranger, Mr. 13. t NKES foll owe d M r . B roug h am w i th a few o b serve . tions on the same s ide. who spoke to him, and who appeared the more suspicious to him as his face put hint in mind of Kuchelbecker; a description of Mr. F. BUXTON was anx i ous to remove any i mpress i on s which might be conceived as to Ins being satisfied with the whose person had been given to a ll t h e subalterna and privates words of Alinisters on th e p resen t occas i on . Th e reverse was of his regiment. lie immediately too k hi m before his officers, the fact; he felt quite m ort ified an d disasepointed. It was said, indeed, that there had been concession in the Colonies—and that therefore the right s o f th e s l aves. were enlarged ; but he and the identity of the suspected p erson was soon proved. would offer the island of Tobago as an inst ance o f t h e wretched 4. , Ad a recoinpence for such conduct and sa s condition in which they we r e pl ace d. H ow diff erent was t h e W gacity hi Imps. state pleased to pro mote G r i gorieff to the rank state of East Indian s l a v er y f rom t h at i n time West Indies. By rlai Majesty a decision of an East Indian Chief Justice, the important ques. of Ensign, placing him in the Invalid* of the Guard, and to lion was settled th at t h e a b se nce-of a slave for six months from give hint besides a sum of 1,000 rubles. His Maje s ty h as like the service of his master established his freedom ; whil e in th e his ' • Westindiee, the punishment for desertion was seven years wise given orders to ma ke excellent conduct known to the transportation, or perhaps death. They were charged with hay. whole army." Mg excited disturbance, and with having sent a picture descrip tive of the horror s of e l averv . B ut h e cou ld assure t h e H ouse t h at OILIDEU OF THE DAY 91 , T UE CurEF or Tlllt GriIEILAI, he had never seen or h ear d o f t h e b oo k i n w hi c h t h e p i cture ap . STAFF OF HIS MAJE STY Ti3E Estes:ll°a. peered, until it was shewn him by a West Indian Proprietor.— - ' c , St. Peter:burgh, Jan. 20, (probably 0. S.) He would consider such an expedient degrading to the muse , • " At the time of the rebellion ' 3 3U the regiment Tachrigoff e which he advocated, and it was nut necessary for him to go so - far back as the year 1782 f or en exhibition of slavery, in all its the - Ist company of grenadiers of that regiment, commanded wretchedness. bet those who would behold a picture of slavery, by Captain (now Major) Kosloff, unshaken in its • fidelity to in its most appalling shape, only look into the Ilerbice Report of the last year, and they would get a view of the most atrocious the throne, separated front the mutineers, and having joined anti debasing acts which could dishonour hutnan nature. The its real clikfs, zealously assisted in quelling the rebellion. To Island of Jamaica at the present day would affbrd abundant in stances of the cruelty of the system. His Honourable Friend recompense its conduct on t h is occa s i on , his Majesty th e Ern (Mr. Brougham) mi g h t rest assured, that at whatever time he , peror has ordered that the whole of' this company, both officers made btu motion, lie (M. Buxton) would be in his place to and soldiers, shall be transferred it Is • Guard. The me egiment of the Guard. support him. .. The petition was o r d ere d to b e M i nte d. I n consequence I announce this order to the whole army. Mr. Secretary CANNING moved that the Resolutions of (Signed) " Baron DIEBIT C11. " the House in 10 m 23 should be comunicated to the Lords, and that they should be requested to concur therein.—Ordered. The Gazette- of the Senate publishes the fol 'rbe Right Hon. Gentleman also moved, that a conference lowing Ukase, addressed by the Emperor to . the should betlesired with the Lords.—Ordered. Several Petitions were then presented against Slavery in the 'went - hint of the , super;Palace of Zusakojcselo, Colonies, and ordered to be p r i nte d. dated Oth of this mo u th :-- Mr. IiOUGHAIII observed, that though ho did not nov lenbaum with all the villa g es, f ar le plac e of Gran , ms. press the bringin g in a Bill, h e s lid not t h ere fe re pledge him- " TI self not to adopt any other course which his judgment might and other dependencies, which are the personal property of the suggest as expedient. FORGERY. Emperor Alexamider, of •glorious memory, shall henceforth be Mr. MARTIN moved to discharge the notice to mitigate e the property of h er M a j esty t h e Em p ress Elizabeth, our very the punishm e nt i n cases o f forgery, anti said, that on Thursday dear sistersin.law. In consequence, we or d er this 1 • and next he would mo ve to b r i ng in a Bill to m i t i gate t h e punish- palace ment of death as appl icable to that offence. The Hon. Member ' all its dependencies to be withdrawn front the superinte n d e n ce said he did this w it the view of exciting the attention of Gen- of the director of thepalace Zarskojeselo, and deliv ere d u p t o tlernen better calcul a t e d t h an h e was to d ea l w i t h t h e su bj ect . . p If any of those Gentl emen wou ld ta k e i t out of hi s h an d s, w hi c h the proper p er s on appointed by her Majesty to receive them. which he supplicated them to do, he would lend them his most Till ,her Majesty shall have made know her pleasure on the earnest support. The Hex. MESit BE a then gave notice of a motion to-morrow subject, the superintendent of the palace of' Oranienbatun is to for leave to bring in it Bill to alter the Election Laws of Ireland. keep the buildings, time establisluuents, and the household, on HALF-PAY OFFICERS. the same footing as at present, and to pay the whole salaries 11r. HUME moved for Returns of the number of Officers s od wages fth ill r and o eoce s servants belonging to it." promoted to unattached commissions in the room of those sold ' out; also for a copy of the General Order of 1025, authorising 1 To-morrow being the birth-day of the Grand Duke Michael, the Isle of full and lmalf-pey commissions, the number of officers t h e C ourt f goes out o mournl ng. who had sold out, distinguishing' where they had served, and whether they had obtained their commissions by purchase or His Excellency the Count de Modena has returned from other wise. The lion. Member undeestood that it wee the practice F ar i s , ‘ for many officers, a ft er promotion. to s e ll out t h e i r comm i ss i ons. In time case of half-pay, when old officers, who were not likely to Last Sunday Count Lebzeltern, the Austrian Ambassador, live longer than a few years, were permitted to sell their emu- delivered to the Enipsror from hiasSovereign the Insignia of the Inisalomi to very young men, the nation was necessarily but. ced er of - fi t. Stephen. thened with expence f or a l onger t i me t h an was fair or proper. oru Mt. Secretary PEE!, maid that the readiness with which the, By an order of the day dated yesterday, Count Wittgen. motion was agreed to shelved that there was no apprehension as ,• stein, cometender-iii-Cisief of the second army, is appointed to what might result from it. He thought it rather odd that • Colonel of the Hussars of Maiionpol, which are t o b e h ence f ort h the Lion. Gentleman should fi x t wo years as t h e extreme point . for the life of an old officer. called time Wittgenetein litmus ; and Count Oslen Sacken, Mr. it UM E explaed. Ile said afire years not two years. Commander In Chief of the firm, to be Colonel f the Div. army,o Mr. Secretary 'E E L had certainly beard front the lion . " " Gentleman the words two or three years. Ouglitch regiment of infantry, which shall henceforth bear the CANADA. name of'Count Sackee. army,E moved far Returns of the Expences incurred in p p 2 Peals, Zn. I.—The Commission of Inquiry Instituted the pay, and allowances, and other 'twittery expences of Upper and Lower Canada, distinguishing the total expence or by the Emperor of Russia after the events of the 26th of De each year. The lion. Member laid, that limey years since he eernber, without having yet been a bl e to conc l u d e i ts l a b ours, had complained of th e burthen which the ex p ences o f C ana d a imposed on this countty. lie wished the House not to confine has, however, already discovered a series of facts which indi its inquiry to Canada alone, but to extend it to all our other cates the origin, the development, and the divers forms of the colonies. lie made some general observations as to the ember raastnent which' the connection with Canada oocasioned.. secret association, the horrible designs of which, if they could 111 r. WILMOT HORTON replied, that it was perhaps im- have been accomplished, would have produced In Russia great possible to give the estimates according to the particular dis. • • great misfortunes. We will give a succiat and pre ees and tinctions required. li e was b ound to protest against the in mi alienation, that there was the slightest disposition...on the part of Luminary view of these facts, all taken from time examinations Canada to terminate its connection with England. The mo of time criminal s th emse l ves and the confessions , don as confined to the affairs of Canada might be usful, and it would be wise in the Hou. Gentlemen to confine himself to it. Their intentions were such, that the number of men who The Returns were then ordered. would have consented to participate in them and execute them SIERRA LEONE. could not but he very limited.. For the honour of the Russian Mr. HUME moved for Retitle, of time Number of - Euro.. peans, Civil and Military, sent out to the 'Western Coast of name, and to the joy of all good citizens, this consolatory Africa, of the Number of Deaths; distinguishing those who died fact is proved to conviction. The circumstances which we are anti otherwise; and also of the number of deaths among the • . besides, that absurdity ofthe plot The to relate prove, the Black Troops.—Ordered. The other Orders of time Day were then' disposed of, and the - equals Its wickedness ; and to demonstrate that it could not House adjourned at a quarter before Tee o'Clock. • succeed, it will.sufilie in a few words to show the incoherence of all the plans of the conspirators, their hesitation, the manner in which they themselves often shrunk back from their own . projects, and the impossibility under which they found them. selves of extending their principlee and their intrigues. The first idea of this conspiracy was conceived by young men of an ardent and wild imagination, who, led away . , hy the perni cious examples of the revolution, of which En , rope has • been for 80 years the theatre, and seized with the blind 'desire of overturning every thing which has signalized by so many disasters the age in which we live, forgot the noble traditions of true patriotism which were preserved in the bosom of, the Russian nation, their moat sapped ditties to the sovereign and the slate, the oaths they had taken and their place in so. ciety, to indulge in the reverie of an absolute .reformation' in Russia, and to combine in'the dark the means to accomplish it.—lt results from what they have revealed— . 1. That for this purpose they laboured at the end of 1815 and the beginning of 11116 to form a secre t associati on, which was 'to be divided into numerouit branelmee, ihe object of whi c h was two-fold, ~.Its apparent object was benefieence; its real object, known 0 e very sma ll number of persons initiated iii the secret, a political reform in the' empire. 2. 'flint it is so far back as 1017, the latter, as a fresh proof of the sentiments which animated them, deliberated on the tnanner of attempting the life of the Emperor Alexander, at the moment when he came with his august family to visit that capital which his exploits and his munificence had raised from its ruins. The life of an adored Sovereign-appeared to them an invincible obstacle to time execution of their projects. , They in. tended to drew lots which oi'thenn should be the assassin, when one offered himself voluntarily. But whether at the decisive •instant the voice of their conscience struck them with terror, or whether they- thought it necessary to mature their plans of general subversion, they resolved tar defer this paricide. FRENCH PAPERS. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS D.Y. 1. Lord J. Russell—Bili forlh'e better prevention of Bribery anti Corruption in the Election of Members to sdrve in Par. !lament. 2. 111 r. Denman—Notion on Papers ;elating to the Trials of Skies for Insurrection in Jamaica which were presented to Parliament during the last Session. 3. Sir Charles Long—Bill to consolidate the Laws relating to Chelsea Hospital. 4. 11Ir. Dickinson—To move re-appointment of the Committee on County Rates. 6. Sir J. Newvort.Account of the application of Sums granted in the last Session for the furtherance of General Education in Ireland. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. L Lunatic Asylum, (Ireland) Bill—Report. 2, Cruel Treatmeht of Cattle Bill—Second reading. 3. Prison Act Amendment Ilill—Committee. 4. Promissory Notes Bill—Third reading. AS'SIZ ,I NT ELLIG CNCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.-READINg, FFI U CRONY sing. James Streek was indicted for committing an assault.upon girl, only, fifteen years of age. • As soon as the prosecutrix advanced to the table for the par pose of giving her evidence, the prisoner, who was a. ruddy. faced young countryman, was immediately seized with an um versa! tremor. His face L-.came a livid white colour; large drops of sweat fell rapidly from leis brow; and after a short time, while the evidence was proceeding, he fell senseless on the front of the bar. Every means were taken to restore him, but in vain. Animation seemed for a time suspended, and he was removed into the open air. The medical attendant to the gaol was them sent for, and, after visiting the prisoner, he was examintd on oath by Mr. Justice Park as to his condition.— lie stated that he believed he would not he able to understand the proceedings otitis trial until to morrow, in consequence of which the Jury was di scharged, and Mr. ustice Park appoint ed the case for eight o'clock to morrow morning, before he Sets out for Oxford. Ann Davis was convicted of having concealed the birth of a child. The charge of murder could not be substantiated, as stheenrteenwee_as Tnowopturooonfthosf the >risonment v . ing been born alive.— Im Anthony Nunn and Mama, Light were found gulitY of horse stealing.--Lhoth. 3. That in 1318, finding their association not sufficiently extended, they again met at Moscow, and gave it a new orga. nization, under the name of the Society of' Friends of the Public Good, or of tke Green Book. This Society continued to have a two-fold object; but all the Members were not only to participate in acts of charity ; they were bound, at the same time, to contribute to the progress of knowledge, and the fin ,yrovernents of morals. This political.reform remained the secret of the chiefs, who endeavoured to prepare the minds of others for i; and with this view to increase as much as possible the number of the adepts. 4. That in 1821 it was discovered by them that these men. sures had not yet answered their . expectations; that they then held a third meeting at Moscow, at which deputies from all the sections of the society were - present, but when their' opi. nions differed; and the leaders 'having convinced themselves that the majority disapproved of their political views, proposed, in order to get rid of them, to dissolve the society,—a proposal which was sincerely adopted by some, and _which otheis pre. tended to approve. From that time most of the persons who belonged to the society is question, in fact, ceased to make a part of it: • 5. That, however, • the fragments of this society, like true conspirators, formed new•ones, ,where some were initiated, but with extreme precaution, and the reciprocal relations of which were carefully in profound secrecy. ti. That from that time the principal associations were formed, those of the North and the South, the directing committees of .which sat at Petersburgh and Tulczin, on which depended other committees which took the title of district jurisdictions; but that in the sequel a third society was formed under the name of the United Selavoniana, with which the members of the association of the South were intimately connected. 7. That the chiefs of those associations, uniting their efforts, conceived at the same time the idea of effecting a revolution by means of the army, and that with this view they endeavoured to engage commanders of companies and of regiments. 43. That in these associations various plans of reform were proposed, according to the views and personal interests of the members; that some wanted a Government in which the supreMe power was to reside in a Triumvirate, of which they hoped to make a part ; that others thought of dividing Russia into several independent'governments, united by a federal„pond which would have been called States, and of which they hoped to be the heads ; that others again thought of detaching seve ral provinces from the empire, either to give them complete independence, or to cede them to the neighbouring Powers. 9. That in this confusion of ideas, in this collision of insu lated pretensions, equally blind and cri►ninal, no definitive plan had been adopted : but that some of the principal conspirators revived the horrible project they had conceived in 1817 to assas sinate the truperor Alexander of glorious memory. 10. That even in 1823 two of the members of these secret associations resolved to carry this dreadful purpose into effect ; that they went for that purpose to Bobrouisk, where the ,Em. peror was to pass, but the noa-app6arance of their accomplices hindered thaw from attempting the crime which they meditated. 11. That In 1825 this same crime was again resolved upon; that a man loaded with favours by the Emperor was the per. son who vehemently expressed the desire to assassinate him; that he opposed all delay ; that it was then resolved that the regicides should be sent to Taganrog, where his imperial Ma. jest)! was staying; that these regicides were members of the society of United Scluvonians,; ani that nevertheless, after fur. ther deliberation, it was agreed that the Emperor Alexander should not be assassinated .till May, 111211, when the conspira tors supposed that he would review the troops at Bela.Tserkoff. 12. That lastly, another desperate villain, who had arrived at Saint Petersburgh, from the extremities of Russia, in the autumn of 1823_, and who had joined the association of the North, offered his arm to assassinate the Emperor. ' 13. That when a short and cruel malady, fulfilling the in scrutable decrees of Divine Providence, deprived Russia of a Sdvereign and a Father, the conspirators conceived new plans of subversion; that the persons designated as the first victims, were all the members of. the imperial Family; that they were all to be sacrificed at the same time ; and that insurrections should break out at once at Saint Peters. burgh, at Moscow, and In several cantonments of the army. —The men, unworthy of the name of Russians, who , medi tated these designs, strangely deceived themselves both with respect to the extent of their means, which were null, and to the possibility of the revolt which they thought they had prepared. Their-attempt at St. Petersburg!: on the 26th of December, and that of,Muravieff Apostol, near Kieft; have proved that they could not rely on assistance from any class of the nation ; for the few soldiers, and even some of the officers, who followed them, were only deceived, and thought that they were combatting for their oaths : they have proved that such plots, even if the combination had been less absurd, could not attain their object in Russia. 'e repeat it—the number of conspirators, and especially that of the great criminals, is not considerable. All the se cret associations which they had established are known ; all the projects which 'their hifatuation or their villainy formed are revealed ; all the means they were to employ to. exe.. cute them are discovered; and thus, as . we have already had occasion to state, important distinctions appear, as it were of themselves, among the accused whom the commission of in- quiry has to examine. _Some were the founders and chiefs of the secret societies ; others, their accomplices, were initiated into their frightful mysteries; Otheri were to be the instruments of instructions with which they were, in fact, unacquainted. Lastly, there are some who, like the misled soldiers, did not think they took arms against order and their legitimate Sovereign. These differences could not but prolong the labours of the commission of inquiry. Though the chief criminals are already convicted, the exepaplary punishment due to regicides, to pro moters of troubles, or to men taken with arms in their hands, has necessarily been deferred; that the commission might con front them with their accomplices—that it' might, by means of the whole of the examinations, and the proofs resulting from them, be able to determine the different degrees of punishment —above all, not to exaggeratb them, and to arrive at conclu sions, the justice of which should be incontestable. For the rest, the conclusion of its labours 18 nut far off; and and we hasten to add, that it has orders to point out to the Em peror, without delay, all the individuals arrested from a for tuitous concurrence of circumstances, on suspicions which have : proved unfounded, and that his Imperial Majesty immediately had set them at liberty. Fatzwcx Fulins.—PAurs, FEB. 27.—Five per Cents. 98P. 00c.—Three per Cents. 65f. 30e.—Banic Stock, 2,ooof.—ltente de Naples, 72E—Itelite d'Espagne, 84 f. —Royal Spanish-le/an, 454.—}laytian Loan, 720 f. . • Exchange on London, one month 2M. 55c. ; t h ree months, 25f. 25c.—(Cours Araliera , ique.) , REMARKABLE DAY.—This day, John Wesley, founder of the Methodists, died 1791; Sir Ho race Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, died 1797: Francis, Duke of. Bedford, died 1802; Nicholas Boileau, the French poet, died 1711 ; Solomon Gesner, a German poet, author of the Death of Abel, died 1718 ; St. Chad is called Bishop of Lichfield, he lived in a very early age of the Church, the present Cathedral being first founded by Oswy, King of Mercia, and de. then Bishop o f Li c h. dicated to him ) Duma b e in g field, OM DEATII OF MR. CROSS'S ELEPHANT. This enormous animal, which for many years past has been the pride and 'meet of the well-known Mlagerie at Exeter 'Change, was yesterday afternoon destroyed by order of the proprietor (Mr. Cnoss), in consequence of its having ex hibited strong symptoms of madness. The work of death was accomplished by repeated discharges of musketry, the noise of which, together with the agonized groans of the poor beast, being distinctly heard in the Strand, caused such immense crowds tb assemble, that it was found necessary to close the ave nues leading to the shops at the lower part of the building, and also those leading to the apartments in which the 'beasts are kept. Two parties of the Bow-street patrol, under thecontroul of Herring and Causens, were also stationed, the one without - and the other within the building, to prevent the effect of any rush which might be made by the assembled crowd, many of whom displayed the utmost eagerness to obtain 'a sight of what was going on within, and for which several declared their willingness to pay one, or, in some instances, even two guineas each. It was not, however, thought prudent to admit any person till after thi animal was so completely exhausted, as to peclude all reasonable opines hension of danger. This elephant was a male animal, audited been an inmate of the Menagerie for 17 years. It was brought from Bombay, where it was caught when quite young, and was supposed to be about 5 years old when purchased by Mr. Cross, consequently its present age is about 22. The effect of its un avoidable seclusion had displayed itself in strong symptoms of irritability during a certain season from the first, and these symptoms had been observed to become stronger each su e. ceeding year as it advanced towards maturity. The animal was always kept at this season very low, and also plentifully physicked, for which latter purpose, we were informed, ma to than I cwt. of salts was frequently administered to him at a tithe. Notwithstanding, however, these precautions, the animal within the last few days had shewn strong proofs of irritability, refusing the caresses of his keepers, and attempting to strike at them with his trunk on their approaching hint, also at times rolling_hinsself about -his den, and forcibly battering its sides. About one o'clock yesterday afternoon he became more ungo vernable than at any former period, and commented battering the bars of his den with his trunk. These bars are upwards of three feet in girth, and are composed of oak, strong bound ! on all sides with iron, and are placed abouta foot ass er. For some time they resisted the ponderous blows which be almost Incessantly directed against them : but by two o'ciock one d thew was found to be started from th e massive cross-brain into which it was mortised ; and as that thnethe animal still con tinued as violent as ever, serious fears, began to be wartaine" lest he should break out, in which event the amoant of da mage, or the loss of life, which he might occasion, would have been incalculable, there being several lions, tiers, and other ferocious beasts confin e d i n t h e tame apart ment, All. of , which he might have easily lib erate d ; as t h e i r d e ns, al troug h made very strong, would have presented feeble berries when opposed to - his irresistible strength. Under these iirCIIIII. stances, notwithstanding the value of the animal was it least 1,0001., Mr. Cross at once determined on having him destoyed, and after some conside rat i on as to t h e mode in whits this should be effected, it was resolved to give him a quallitY, °t. corrosive sublimate in a mes s o f h a y. The sagseq th e animal was, however, proof against this attempt, for hr no sooner smelt the mixture than he rejected it, and it was tierce fore determined to shoot him. Accordingly, a messeagerwa s . sent to Somerset-house, where two soldiers, as usual, vel e on guard, who, on a suitable representation being nude, were allowed to go over to the menagerie, taking with rem their muskets. Sever a l rifle - guns were also : obtained from f.if ferent places in the neighbourhood, and put into the hands of such of the persons about the establishment as had coo* enough to remain in the room. In this manner, in all aboilt 14 persons, were armed, but before commencing operations it wit deemed prudent to secure the front of the den, by passing cords around those bars against which the animal's violence had been principally directed. This having been done, and the musket' loaded, about a third of th e party advanced to the front of the den, till within about 5 yard a of the animal, and discharged their eiee ell ,,, , n o n n d finding ativanei l n i i ii m to sel t f he at the tender part of the neck below the ear, and then immedia tely a of lo rejo a a n d d i er T cin h g e r g al rot al , retreated to a recess at the lower end of the room for the peeP7 l struck his trunk several times with all his fury against the bars, another of which he succeeded in forcing out of its place.. ing in this manner at last exhausted his fury, he became quiet, upon which another detachment of the , party approached fi ll den, and after firing upon him, retired into the recess as 11° '*. fore. The animal, on receiving the fire, again plunge d mask wounded,fr nto l ' e t e a r cr. ". violently against the front of the den, the door of which he , actually lifted from °lilts uppermost hinge, but was prevented from getting out by the strong manner in which the topes bound the different bars together. On his becom in g „ mor e tranquil, preparations w ere ma d e f or firing a third v oll ey' but et. moi no sooner were the m us k ets a b out to b e l eve ll e d, than the a _l, as if cons c i ous o f t h e i r b e i ng t h e cause o f his tvounts, were intended also of the vuln e r a bl e parts aga i nst w hich they _ d intended to be directed, turned sharp round and re trea Te, into the back of th e den, and hid his head betwe en shoulders. It i n consequence became necessary w,,, row him, by pricking hint with spears, which being eer u — l the muskets were di sc h arge d at hi m, an d although sev ers balls evidently took e ff ect in the neck on this as well as o n the former oceaWena, still he did not exhibit an 7 weakness, beyond abstaining from those violent eflorts wH',, , he had previously made against the front of his den : ind eed' from this time he kept almost entirely at the back of the d en , and although the blood flawed profusely from the wounds had recejved, he gave no other symptom of passion °r P a f o r than an occasional e.oan or kick against the side of the den. „ about an hour and is half hi this manner, a continued discharil: of musketry was kept up against him, and no less than 1 521) , n lets were expended before he fell to the ground, where he ay nearly motionless, and was soon despatched with a swor d which, after being secured upon the.end of a rifle, was Pii in g ne into his neck. 'I ne quantity of blood that flowed from' hi , e was very considerable, and flooded the den to a considern depth. All danger- being now over the public were adw2 l 7 (upon, payment of the accustom e d c li arge ) into the roottly,,8111; as might be expect e d, So great was the excitation whic h late affair had produced , that the room was kept crowded till a hour at night. A considerable difficulty is said to exist es" .l o the disposition of the body, the weight of' which is nearly fiv e tons, and must of course be removed away piecemeal, u nl es s' indeed, the carnivorous animals confined there should coneo, to devour it in lieu of the shins and legs of beef with win: they are at present supplied. This is the same elephant whit' our readers will 110 doubt remember, was the accidental awn of the death of its keeper, a German, of the name of Tickle in the whose ribs it crushed, about four months back, -- ait of turning round in its den. PUBLIC PISsECTION OF TUE F;LEPILAI§TT.--Jn C4ll t l° quence of the numerou s a ppli cat i ons f rom t h e medical pro' , ';'; sion, it has been res o lv e d by M r . C ross , t h e prePriet"' have the stupendous animal dissected publicly, but no perso na will be admitted but by special ti c k ets . Th e Ch an ge was t hi s day crowdtd to excess by the nobility and gentry. SPORTING. y race of o c o, a tl E t v e : 7 l ß y l e " ; ' l o l ° o u r :g , ii ° A clti n i w o tl i ad th re:nT l iac d hs er t : i n t/11 :( 1 , 1 1 8I : dn f lia l bt a ia : , el nature. ancient Borough had a st:at with a knowing Barber and his Pi g for a B takt= of Forty Severe i gn s. Some of the knowing ones were tai-:min, for, contrary to their expectation, Pu ff and his Pig won the Kna t c h c i i;v erly by a head, to the great Joy of MI friends who backed him freely at starting, as they had some doubt of the Alderman's- batten), and knew that bl'Adaned flints, Over which he had to run, would prove particularly an noying to hint. run of wes. During the chase an accident (which might hal seserious)occurred. Mr. Newton, of iVa , l Saturday . last, c:.. ;it Idttleton rankleelytooSt.ktgaitiolulnaydessm,eatitoenr ton, in taking a leap of a hedge, with ditch on the otbr • side, failed in clearing it; H enry Smith, of Rich mond, being immediately behind, took the leap, anti 7 descending upon M r . N.' s h orse w i t h suc h violence, tilt! both horses rolled some ce* S , from the spot. Mr. H . ' did not at the time.consider himself materially hurt, and CO" tinned the chase ; b ut on hi s arrival home, medical giod m a t * ance was sent for, an d t h e usua l reme di es o f bl ee di n g and ril l . dicine adopted, an d h e i s doing well. Mr.- N. was not M oe hurt, but his h orse , which was undermost in the fall, is SS' dowdy injured,